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F 1891 watercolour forgery of the 1883 1a. value, in carmine with manuscript"48" (1891) in Urdu script on face; 1891 single die forgery of the 1883 8a., six examples in combination with a genuine block of four on parcel receipt form, and three further examples on fragment, both cancelled with triple-ring d.s.

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F 1891 watercolour forgery of the 1883 1a. value, in carmine with manuscript"48" (1891) in Urdu script on face; 1891 single die forgery of the 1883 8a., six examples in combination with a genuine block of four on parcel receipt form, and three further examples on fragment, both cancelled with triple-ring d.s.
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Further details
Note: The forger responsible for the 1a. forgery was jailed, and an unused example (the only other example recorded) was presented to masson by the presiding judge